KOLKATA: The cyber cell of the detective department arrested a person from Nanoor in Birbhum on Tuesday on charges of trying to disturb communal harmony ahead of bypolls on September 30.
Param Roy Chowdhury, a resident of Charkalgram in Nanoor, was picked up late at night from his home. The smartphone with which he allegedly joined several groups to post inciting comments has been seized and sent for a forensic examination.
Police said one Suraj Mondal had lodged a complaint at Kalighat police station on September 13. The Election Commission, too, received specific complaints that police were asked to probe.
“In the wake of assembly bypolls, a number of groups were created where the admin (in this case Param) and others started posting communal messages. They also posted obscene materials,” said joint CP (crime) Murlidhar Sharma.
Chowdhury has been booked under the IT Act and various IPC sections. Police didn’t comment on his political affiliations.
